Geastrum saccatum Fr., Syst.

Cabral, Tiara S., Da Silva, Bianca D. B., Ishikawa, Noemia K., Alfredo, Donis S., Braga-Neto, Ricardo, Clement, Charles R. & Baseia, Iuri G., 2014, A new species and new records of gasteroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, Phytotaxa 183 (4), pp. 239-253 : 244

Geastrum saccatum Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 16 (1829) ( Fig. 5b )

Description:— Leite et al. (2011:390).

Habitat and distribution:—Specimens were collected on sandy soil in fragments of secondary upland forest, a successional type of lowland ombrophilous dense forest. It is known from Asia ( Bottomley 1948, Cunningham 1944, Liu 1984); Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania ( Bottomley 1948, Cunningham 1944, Dissing & Lange 1962, Liu 1984). This is a first record for the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, INPA Campus I (Latitude:–3.094986, Longitude:– 59.986811, Datum: WGS84 ), 10 May 2011 , Cabral TS 16 ( INPA239996 ) .

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FIGURE 5. Geastraceae species. Geastrum lloydianum (a), Geastrum saccatum (b), Geastrum schweinitzii (c), Geastrum triplex (d). Photographs by T.S. Cabral.